“The proliferation of astrologers, seers, mediums, and other later-day ‘prophets’ is one direct result of widespread dissatisfaction with present circumstances and the wistful desire of millions throughout the world to know the future. Feeling that ‘science’ and ‘humanism’ have failed, people shift their faith to pseudoscience and superhumanism, still desperately searching for meaningful answers for their future….

Even many Christians are overly impressed by such seers, attributing their psychic abilities to demonic powers. If they are really supernaturally guided, however, even by demons, one would think their predictions would have a better percentage of success.

The fact is that neither angels nor demons are omniscient and therefore they can know little more about the future than human beings. It is true that men and women can—through planning and working—influence the future to some degree. Also, through analyses and reasoning they could to some extent predict the future. By virtue of their greater powers and greater knowledge, plus their ability to share such knowledge and abilities with other invisible spirits, it is no doubt true that angels and demons can both foresee and influence the future more that could human beings.

But only God is omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. Since He created time, He stands outside time and thus knows and controls all events everywhere through all time. He may, on occasion choose to share some of His knowledge with His holy angels, or with chosen men. To this extent—and only this extent—can we really know the future, which brings us to the purpose of the Book of Revelation.

This capstone on the wonderful structure of the written Word of God was written specifically to provide knowledge of the future. This is made clear in the very first verse:

‘The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto His slaves things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His messenger unto His slave John (Revelation 1:1).'”

“In a post last week, I pointed out that the preposterous claims, unhinged behavior, and spiritual quackery that are so prominent at the charismatic movement’s lunatic fringe are by no means limited to the outer edges. Goofiness and gullibility are necessary byproducts of a belief system that fails to take seriously the principle of sola Scriptura and its ramifications (i.e., the authority and sufficiency of Scripture).